Luxury conglomerate LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton has acquired a minority stake in London Fashion Week label J.W. Anderson, and named its eponymous designer creative director of luxury leather goods brand Loewe.The exact size of the stake in J.W. Anderson or the financial terms has not been disclosed, but LVMH did confirm that Jonathan Anderson remains the majority shareholder of the company. Rumours of a partnership between the designer and the group, which owns Givenchy, Marc Jacobs and Cel

Hennes & Mauritz AB (HMB) saw its stock gain more than in the three past years after it reported profit for the last quarter that beat market estimates. Shares rose as much as 8 percent, the most since January 2010, after the Swedish retailer said net income rose to 4.43 billion Swedish kronor in the quarter to 31 August. Europe’s second largest apparel retailer posted 4.43 billion Swedish kronor profit for the three months ended on the 31st of August, surpassing the 4.15 billion Swedish

The 29th IAF World Fashion Convention kicked off in Shanghai-Kunshan on 23rd. In his opening speech to some 200 delegates from nearly 20 countries IAF President Harry van Dalfsen commented on the economic situation in the fashion sector worldwide. “Unfortunately, many of the consumers in the world are not feeling well. They are confused, they are dealing with uncertainty”, Harry van Dalfsen said. He urged the fashion industry to think in chances and not in threats, to break out of this cycle of

Fashion in Milan is no longer measured in the centimetres of hems and skirts, but in square metres; more precisely, those of the luxurious brand boutiques that competed with each other to inaugurate Milan Women's Fashion week. From the 450 square metres that encompass the fully renovated Ferragamo boutique in Via Montenapoleone, to Stuart Weitzman’s 280 square metre boutique in Sant’Andrea, with interiors created by the Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid. The shoe brand called upon Kate Moss to cut the

Chanel A/W 2013 | Sonny Vandevelde Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld, with his shock of white hair, black glasses and leather gloves, will be the center of attention in Paris next Tuesday when he debuts the luxury-goods company’s latest ready-to-wear collection during the city’s Fashion Week. “The Chanel show by far generates the most interest,” Dana Thomas, the author of “Deluxe,” a book on the luxury industry, said in a phone interview from the French capital. “If you only go to one show a

Giorgio Armani always closes Milan Fashion Week and as one of Italy's last self-owned fashion companies, Mr Armani knows what to deliver to his clients, even if that means avoiding producing the most press worthy catwalk show. At Armani there were no giant faces on dresses, no crazy colour blocking and no high octane glamour. Instead, his sophisticated mainline is consistent in its fluidity, it's luxurious fabrics and in its cuts. Volume and form were key elements for his Spring/Summer 201

Luxury designer brands Chanel, Prada and Alexander McQueen all feature in the top 20 of the annual CoolBrands list, following the disappointment last year where no fashion labels were featured. For the 12th annual survey, Chanel came in a 13, placed just ahead of Prada at 14, which hasn’t featured in the top 20 since 2007, while Alexander McQueen helmed by Sarah Burton, which last year was ranked outside the top 20 and named the coolest fashion brand, was ranked 19th. Once again technology gi

Gucci opted for sporty glamour on the first day of Milan Fashion Week. The Italian fashion house sent high octane sportswear down the runway, with bras peeking from mesh and unstructured kimono style tops and dresses. Languid bombers and long-line evening T-shirts were shown with silky sports-inspired hybrid trousers, sheer crystal pleat joggers and athletic multi-strap bra-tops. As far as sportswear goes, it much more opulent evening than street, with a decadent 70s influence. Sourc

Colour blocked rainbows, murals depicting women's headshots, sequined bra-tops, knee high athletic socks and teddy bear fur coats. These were just some of the styles seen at Prada's directional SS14 catwalk show in Milan. The mood was visualised by the commissioning of street artists El Mac, Mesa, Gabriel Specter, Stinkfish, Jeanne Detallante and Pierre Mornet who were instructed to "engage themes of femininity, representation, power, and multiplicity." With huge murals as a backdrop - which

Pre/tax profit for the year ended Aug. 31 will be “marginally” above analyst estimates, as Asos advanced in a statement Thursday. On the back of the news, the stock jumped as much as 11 percent - the most in a year, and has almost doubled in value in 2013. Revenues at Asos for the full year are now expected to come at 769 million pounds, that's 39 percent above of last year's revenues. As pinpointed by the fashion e-tailer's chief executive, Nick Robertson, the UK alone accounts for 276 milli